UNIT OBJECTIVES
talk about your skills and abilities YO 0} Ui R E
say what you can and cart do at work or school
say why you're the right person fore job
‘write an online comment vith your opinion
talk zbout what people in your country are good at
START SPEAKING
A Lookat the picture. Where is this person? What is he doing?
B Doyou think this is a difficult activity? Do you think it's fun?
Talk to a partner about fun or difficult activities you do. For ideas, watch Anderson's video,
REAL
STUDENT wince does Anderson
do? Do you think its
fun, difficult, or both?Ey vocasutary: Verbs to describe skills
A 4) ERI] Listen and repeat the skills in the pictures. Which are fun skills? Which are difficult skills?
B LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT
‘A )ERE) Read and listen. Who are Mia and her dad talking about?
SHE LIKES MUSIC, BUT Saphetjort ans
SHE CAN’T DANCE! ane
[> Nowdo the vocabulary exercises for 8.1.on page 147,
What do they choose to buy? Do you thinkit’s a good idea?
ONS
Dad 50, Mia, You know it’s your mom's birthday next month, right?
Mia Ohwow! Let's buy her something really cool, Do you have io canega so Cosa
talking about atopic.
oe So, tia. You know i's
ia. Youknow i
Dad Hmm, How about some art classes? She can draw. Foot bicleka extent
Mia Or what about singing lessons? She likes music and can play right?
the guitar.
Dad | don't think that's @ good idea, She thinks she can't sing, and she’s vety shy about it.
Mia Hmm, What about dance lessons? Can she dance well?
Dad No, she can't, She's terrible at it t's really funny ~ she can read music, but she can’t dance!
Mia You can't dance, Dad, | know! Let's buy you both some dance lessons!
Dad Great idea! Wait a minute ~ what? eae] ad) Very bad
4) EE] Read and listen again, What can Mia's mom do? What can‘t she do? Complete the sentences.
1 Mia's mom can ‘ sand
2 She can't and
Talk to a partner. Which things in
‘exercise 1A do you often do? Which things
do you never do? For ideas, watch
Larissa’s video.
Doyouoften do
the same things
as Larissa?EB cramman: can and can’t for ability; well
A Gitclé the correct answers. Use the sentences in the grammar box and the information in the
Notice box to help you.
1. Use can / can‘tto talk abaut things you don't do well or don't know how to do,
2. Use can / can’tto talk about things you do well or know how to do.
3 With he, she, and it, do/ do not add -s to the verb after can or can't.
Penton Wellis the adverb of good.
Shecan sing well(= she’ good)
Ican'tdonce welt (=m notgood)
ean swim, can't play the guitar, Canyou fix things?
She can draw, He can‘tsing well Canhe surf?
Wecansurfwell. Theycan'treadmusk. Can theyspeak
two languages?
8B Gircie) the correct answers to complete the sentences,
1 Iswim every day. | can / can’t swim well
Sorry. My dad can / can‘ fix your car. He's not a mechanic.
You can draw really well, Tomes. What other things can / can't you do?
She can / can’t drive, and she doesn’t have a car.
You can / can‘tskateboatd really welll Can you teach me?
‘A Canyou play the guitar, Robbie?
B No, |can/ can't.
anewn
CB Nowgo to page 136. Look at the grammar chart and do the grammar exercise for 8.1.
D__ Write five questions to ask people in your class about their skills. zi
Use vocabulary from exorese 1A. Then check your accuracy. NSU SRS
(ero ? Do not use to between can/
2 Canyou ¥ can'tanda verb.
3 Canyou ? Can you te fix bikes? x
4 Canyou ? Can you fix bikes?
5 Can you ?
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‘A [GROUPWORK] Ask and answer your questions
from exercise 3D, Say how well you do the skills.
aaa
No, | can't. What about you?
B [GROUPWORE] What skill can everyone
in your group do? Who can do it
really well?HAPPY WORKERS = san
GREAT WORKERS? anna
Ey LaNcuace In CONTEXT
A Look at the offices in the pictures on pages 78 and 79, How are they different from other offices?
Do you like them? Are they good places to work?
8 Read the article. What activities can you doin a happy office?
at just an office
Who can you find in all great companies? Great workers.
And what's rue forall great workers? They’re happy
because happy people do a great job.
How can companies make thelr workers happy? They cen pay
them a lot of money, of course, but motiey can't make people
happy —not alwvays. A great company can also give its workers
| happy office, Hoppy offices aren't just ordinary offices with
desks, phones, and computers ~ and they're not just for work,
Watenn youd in bay of? Te ore nave i op
ean work hard and have fun You can ran or play basketball
with your coworkers anc have a meeting at {he seme time,
‘This is @ great way to think of new ideas, You can Work in a
| coe! oom with big chairs and no table or take a break in a
| room with a Jot of plans (like a forest) In some offices, you
| ‘can come 19 Work with your dog!
erin
all der) 10096 of something
pay ¥) glve someone money for thelr werk
EB vocasuary: Work dary acl) sual rors
A 4) EEE] Find the words belo
In the article, Then listen and repeat.
company workers office workhard —haveameeting think take abreak your coworkers
B_ Match the words from exercise 2A with the definitions,
a workplace, with desks and chaits
the people you work with
a business ~ for example, Microsoft or Toyota
the people in a company
doalot of work
stop work for a short time - for example, to have coffee
have ideas, or find answers to problems
get together with people at work and talk about business
CB Nowdo the vocabulary exercises for 8.2 on page 148,
@> D [GROUP WORK] What other activities can you do in a happy office? Which companies have happy
e@yvaunwnoeNO) workers? You can go online to find examples.
Eh crammar: can and can’t for possibility ;
78
A Grels) the correct answers, Use the sentences in the grammar box to help you.
1 Use canto talk about
1gs that are possible / not possible.
2. Question words (Who, What, Where, Why, and How) go before / after can or can't to ask about possibility.
She can takea break any time, How can companies make their workers happy?
Your dog can‘t come to workwith you. Where can you have a meeting?
8 Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then match them to the answers (a-e) below.
1 we/have /lunch? /can / Where
the / restaurant? / How /get /to/ can /|
can / What / eat? / we
have/ the / meeting? / we/ can / When
| /Ahis / message? /send / can / How
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We can have some cookles.
a
b_ You can emailit from your phone.
€ Tuesday is good for me.
d_ Inthe company restaurant.
e Gostraight, and then turn left:
CB Now go to page 136, Look at the grammar chart and do the grammar exercise for 8.2.
D_ Write questions about a company or school to ask if it’s a good place to work or study.
1 What can ?
2 Where can 2
3. Hovrcan
You can work hard and have fun. What can't they do in the office?
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Talk toa partner about
things you can and can‘t do at your
‘company or school. Ask your
questions from exercise 3D,ARE YOU THE Ft ore neh
RIGHT PERSON? ssa
i Functional LANGUAGE
A Lookat the picture. Where are the people? What are
they doing?
1] Read and listen. What three things can the
man do well?
En
fons
‘A. Can we speak in English for five minutes?
B Yes, we can,
A. Gieat. So, are you the right person for this job?
B Yes. think so.
‘A. Why? ina very short answer, please. 7
B Because | can work well with people on a team. I think that teamwork is very important.
A | see, Why do you think it’s important?
B Because a company is a big tear. | mean, it's group of people, and you work with them every dey.
A And why are you good on a team?
B Because I like people, and! can communicate well.
‘A That's great. I think that good communication is important. But [don't think it’s
the only important thing. What other things can you do well?
B_ I can speak two languages. I mean, I speak Spanish and English VY
Complete the chart with expressions in bold from the conversation above.
Asking for opinions Giving opinions
I think?
What do you think? | don’t think so.
i do you think (thet) Ec (that) ..
ne think (that) . |
> ORE Complete the conversations with words from exercise 1C. Listen and check.
‘Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. Answer with your ideas.
1 A I think video games are great. What do you think?
BI they're very cool. They're boring
do you cell phones are important?
Theyre useful. W/e communicate with our phones.
Do you think soccer is 2 good sport?
No. = (like basketball
Are you good at music?
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EB REAL-WoRLD STRATEGY
EXPLAINING AND SAYING MORE ABOUT AN IDEA
Use mean to explain or say more about an idea.
Acompanyisa big team. ! mean, it’s group of people, and you work with them every day.
can speak two languages. | mean, | speak Spanish and Enalish. i Loeb V4
‘A Read about explaining and saying more about an idea in the box above. Look at what the man says.
‘What idea does he explain? What idea does he give more information about?
8 4) BBE Listen to.a conversation, What does Lori want to do? When does she have free time?
C_4)EREI Listen to the conversation again, Complete the chart with the sentences you hear.
Idea Explanation/more information
twork really hard. | Imean,|! about? aday.
er Imean, 1? ina restaurant!
‘m not busy. ; but | have free time in the *
© [PATER student
EE PRONUNCIATION: Saying groups of words
A )ERE] Listen for the space (= short pause) between the words (/). Which sentences do you hear, Aor B?
1A Canwe speak in English / for five minutes?
B Can we speak in / English for five minutes?
2. A What other things can / you do well?
B_ What other things / can you do well?
8 ) BRE} Listen to the sentences. Write a pause mark (/] in each sentence.
1 I'm good on a team because | can communicate well
2. lean speak two languages and I can play the guitar.
3 I workin a restaurant at night but I'm free in the momings.
4
| think that good communication isimportant but I don't think
its the only important thing.
¢ Practice the sentences in exercise 3B with a partner,
‘Take turns. Can your partner hear the spaces between the words?
Ey sPeakine
A Choose a job from the box or your own idea. Think about
why you are the right person for the job.
an art teacher achefata restaurant hotel clerk
‘asingerinaband a soccer player
8 [PAIRVIGR] Tell a partner your job from exercise 4A.
Your partner interviews you for the job. Then change roles.Are,you be right person Fr thi job?
COMPUTERS AND LESSON oBJECTIVE
t= rite an online comment with
OUR JOBS your opinion
LISTENING
Chris is the host of the podcast Technology Talks. Look at the pictures above. What is today's
podcast about?
8 ©) BRE) (EGIGNZITSANIE Listen to the podcast. Who is Joanna Ramos? What does she say
computers can't do?
c *BD Listen again. Check (/) the supporting details Joanna gives.
Jobs for computers New jobs for people
(J make cars L] make computers
[El dive on (2) start computer companies
(CO eal people on the phone C1 make cars
0 tak 11 bea computer's voice
U think () make phones
0 [PARWORK] GRINEETENIE who thinks computers are a good thing: Joanna or Chris?
PRONUNCIATION: Listening for can and can’t
4) EE Listen. Write the missing words.
1 What computers do?
2 They make cars.
3 Acomputer make 100% of a car. R
B 4) BET] Listen. Do you hear can or can’t? Circle) the correct words. =
1 can/can't 2 can/can'tEi warine
A Read three people’s online comments about the podcast. Which person thinks Joanna is correct?
Which person doesn’t think Joanna is correct? What's your favorite comment?
Tea \
Interview with Joanna Ramos ;
EIEN
Kaito, Tokyo
don’t think Joanna Ramos is right. Computers are a problem. Robots are taking i i
all our jobs! They can say hello to people in stores and hotels, they can cook, they f
can play music, they can clean buildings, they can make cars... What Jobs CAN'T
they do? Joanna says, “People make computers." Well,| think robots can make |
computers now. They'e very smart.
ony, Mian ;
Computers and robots can do a lot of things, but they f Vo
don't have feelings: they're not happy, and they
not sad, Feelings are important for many jobs. For
example, teachers, doctors, and nurses work with
people, so feelings are important. i don’t like the
idea of robot doctors!
Arturo, Meni RY
Computers are cheap. Imean, companies pay
people for their work, but they dor’t pay their
robots or computers, And computers work
hard, But | think Ruby is right. Computers
don’t have feelings, Joanna i right,
00. She says, “They are taking some
‘of our jobs.” Not al of them. She also
says, “There are alot of new jobs, 00.
Thats true, It’s not a problem
mi
robot (n) a machine
| witha computer init
8 ‘Sometimes we want to write another
person’s words. Their words are quotations. Read the rules [MULAC UL Relalsais
below. Then ircle)all the capital letters and punctuation
marks in sentences 1-3.
Ininformal writing and speaking, people
often use says to quote (= give) another
‘= Use quotation marks (‘”) around other people’s words. | person's words.
m Puta comma) after says. Inan online comment: Joonna says,
‘People make computers.”
Informal writing, people often use said.
1 Goanna sayy @People make computers.” iva neespaper articlesddanaa Hanes
2. She says, “They are taking some of our jobs said, ‘A computer can't make 100% of car.”
a Start the quotation with a capital letter (A,B,C ..)
3. She also says, "There are a lot of new jobs, too.”
C Read the ideas from Joanna’s interview in exercise 1C. Then write an online comment.
Give your opinion about computers and jobs. Quote some of Joanna’s words.ae Oe ee TRE ere ane alee Baer LE eer A IN ee ene
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National skills ane
PREPARE Match the skills in the box to the pictures. Which three skills are not in the pictures?
cook dance makemovies paint —playsoccer, sing snowboard surf
DISCUSS Where can people do the things from
exercise A really well? For each skill, saythename |
ofa city, region/area, or country, Then compare CAN YOU HELP US:
your ideas with your group. CAN YOU t (
We want to make a YouTube™ video
DECIDE Read the information in the box on the about our country and why its great. |
right. Talk to a partner about the question in the pets ‘ Suk goose leo
box. Together, think of three sills for the video. & out the sks peope hcve here:
ff Whet ean we do really veel in this
[AGREE Compare everyone's ideas. Choose your sopntry Plaats cand ue your Mlanel
class’ three favorite ideas for the video.
To check your progress, go to page 134,
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piscuss DECIDE
Where can people cook really well? virat can we do really well inthis What ae your ideas?
Chinese food is always great. country? Good idea!
| think people can cook really well We can do .. wl Our three favorite
AGREEWhat do you think? kills for the video a
unit ossecrives
© alcabout rave and vacations PLACES
‘m_make travel plans
18 2:k or information in a store
18 whte a description ofa place
plan a vacation for someone
START SPEAKING
Look at the picture, Where is the woman? Is it difficult to get to this place?
8 What do you do in your free time? Do you go to new places?
© Think ofa place you like. Talk about it. Say why it's good. For ideas, watch Julieth’s video.
What's Julieths place?
Doyou agree its a
good place to 90?Sak ww A
LESSON OBJECTIVE
f= talk about travel and vacations
| LOVE IT HERE
Ey LANcuace In conTEXT
A
B
A
Kaitlin and her friends are on vacation. Read Kaitlin’s posts. Where do they go?
Read again. Check (V) the sentences that are true. Correct the false ones.
(11 Kaitlin takes 2 bus to San Diego. ] 4 They go to a z00 on Saturday.
() 2: They go to their hotel on Thursday. (15 Kaitlin and her friends have a bad
(113 They are in San Diego on Friday. vacation.
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TO A BIG CITY em
THURSOAVAFTERNOON. FRIDAY a
Now fm in San Diego, and thisis Today we'e in the country, not
our hotel. These aremy friends in the city! Were at this cool
infront of the hotel ranch near San Diego. I's a really
big farm.
THURSDAY MORNING
Goodbye to my small town, San
Diego, here | come! Ihave my
ticket and my seat on the plane.
Vm next to the
Now Im ona tour
of San Diego Bay.
{mona boat with
my friends. They're
not listening to the
tour guide because
q they’ talking.
SATURDAY
Were at tho San Diego Zoo. These birds are funny.
They're talking. They say, “Hello. How are you? Hello
How are you?” 4).
‘Afun vacation?
think so. ove it
here!
tour guide (this person takes you
f VOCABULARY: Travel toaplaceand tells you about it
4) BZ) Listen and repeat the words. Which words are places?
oat country farm plane tanch —ticket_ = tour town vacation
Now do the Vocabulary exercises for 9.1 on page 148,© [PRIRWORR] which places do you like from Kaitlin’s vacation? Which places don’t you like? Why?
GRAMMAR: This and These
A G@icld) the correct answer, Use the sentences in the grammar box to help you.
1 Use This bird and These birds to talk about birds around you / birds you can't see,
2. This and these go before / after a noun.
3. This / these goes before a singular noun. This / these goes before a plural noun.
4 You can / can’t use this and these at the beginning of a sentence.
This ticket is expensive,
We're at this cool ranch.
‘These birds are funny.
| don't like these pictures.
B Kaitlin writes a postcard about a museum. Write this or these to complete Kaitlin’s postcard.
Dear Grandma,
IminSanDiegel e’sareat.*
city Thepark
rahistory. Weroat the Mingel
shows Balboa Park nthe:
cechnology, tranoportstion,
international Museum right Row:
photo on therigh
eit haploca art
city. looking at some coo!
ow placas in 2
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pictures no
artists ave realy good
Deao
6 j io my favorite room inthe museurn,
Love Ketan
¢ Now go to page 136. Look at the grammar chart and do the grammar exercise for 9,
15
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(E> A choose tive pictures on your hone or draw some
nom simple pictures of places you know. Think about
the people and places in the pictures.
8 [PAIRWORE] Tell your partner about your pictures.
Thisis a picture of my mom ard my aunt. They're
walking inthe country, This hillie very big, What
cloe? This is my favorite aunt, She's...SAN FRANCISCO,
HERE WE COME
Ey vancuace in context
A
Bf Nowdo the vocabulary exercises for 9.2 on page 14!
LESSON OBJECTIVE
wm make travel plans.
1) EEE] Kaitlin is making a vacation video. Read and listen. Where is
she now? Where is she going? How is she going there?
4) BEE] Read and listen again. Check (/) the sentences
that are true, Correct the false ones.
(1 The plane is expensive, and the bus is cheap.
(5 2 You can take a bus to San Francisco at night.
(21 3 Ws Friday night Kaitlin is sleeping in a hotel.
VOCABULARY: Travel arrangements
4) BEY Listen and repeat the sentences. Then match
the sentences (a-h) to the pictures (1-8)
stay ina hotel
Arrive at the alport.
Check in at the airport.
Fly to another aitport: You can sleep on the fight.
Leave your house. Ready to travel?
Have a great trip!
Arrive at your destination,
Buy tickets online,
zene ance
Hello again fram
San Diego) Today is 7
Tuesday, and we want
to loave on Friday. a
Our destination is San Francisco, Bul how do
we travel? Do we fly oF take the bus?
Well the flight is two hours, But you have to
arrive at the airport a long time before the
flight. You need to check in two hours before.
So in total, by plane, the trip is about tive
hours. That's not bac, And | Ike to fy. But
the ticket Is expensive
The bus is7/t expensive. tis along trip ~ it's
12 nours. But we can take a night bus. And It
artives in San Francisco the next moming.
That's good because we don't need to stay
In hotel on Friday night,
So, wets teking the bus. We just need to buy
‘our tickets online, And then, San Francisco,
here we come... on the bus.
raoS Imagine you're going from San Diego to San Francisco. What's a good way to:
GRAMMAR: like to, want to, need to, have to
A the correct answer, Use the sentences in the grammar box to help you,
1 Use want to + verb and like to + verb to talk about necessary things / things you choose to do.
2. Use need to + verb and haveto + verb to talk about necessary things / things you choose to do.
3. After lice to, want to, need to, and have to, use verb +~ing / ver’.
| like to fly. She wants to take a bus.
Youneed to check in before the flight. He has to buy tickets.
We wantto leave on Friday. My mom likes to sleep on a flight.
8B Gircle) the correct answer to complete the sentences.
Talways sit by the window because | need to / like to look outside. t's interesting!
My cell phone isn't old, but | need to / want to buy anew one,
My wife isn’t happy because she has to / wants to work this weekend.
On Fridays, we like to / need to watch TV after dinner.
He starts work at 6:30, so he needs to / wants to get up really early. f
ween
D Write four sentences that are true for you. Use like to,
want to,need to, end haverto Then compare your sentences with